B.
Water supply.
(1)
Potable water from an Erie County Department of Health
approved source shall be available at all times in residential buildings.
The domestic water supply system of the building shall be connected
to such approved source and shall not be subject to contamination.
When supplied from a public source, the potable water supply system
shall not be connected to private or unsafe water supplies.
(2)
Water supply systems shall be installed and maintained
so as to provide at all times a supply of water to plumbing fixtures,
devices and appurtenances in sufficient volume and at pressures adequate
to enable them to function satisfactorily and without undue noise
under all normal conditions of use.
(3)
Water supply systems shall be installed and maintained
so that water used for purposes of cooling or heating shall not be
reintroduced into the domestic water supply system nor be distributed
through equipment to plumbing fixtures.
(4)
Hot-water supply systems shall be provided with safety
devices arranged to relieve hazardous pressures and excessive temperatures.
(5)
Water supply systems shall be protected against freezing.
C.
Sewage drainage system.
(1)
Plumbing fixtures shall be drained to a sewage drainage
system, and such system shall be connected to an Erie County Department
of Health approved system of sewage disposal.
(2)
Substances which will produce explosive mixtures,
destroy the pipes or their joints or interfere unduly with the sewage
disposal process shall not be discharged into the building drainage
system unless it is provided with devices suitable for intercepting
such substances.
(3)
Each fixture directly connected to the sewage drainage
system shall be equipped with a water seal trap.
(4)
Adequate cleanouts shall be provided and maintained
so that the pipes may be readily cleaned.
(5)
The drainage system and its attendant vent piping
shall be maintained so as to provide adequate circulation of air in
all pipes in order that siphonage, aspiration or pressure will not
cause a loss of trap seal under ordinary conditions of use.
(6)
Drains provided for fixtures, devices, appliances
or apparatus containing food, water, sterile goods or similar materials
shall be equipped with air breaks adequate to prevent contamination
of such contents from any possible backup of sewage through the direct
or indirect drainage piping.
D.
Storm drainage.
(1)
Roofs and paved areas, including yards and courts,
shall be adequately drained so as to prevent undue accumulations of
water.
(2)
Leaders and gutters, if used, shall be constructed
of noncombustible material, except that wood leaders and gutters may
be used for buildings not more than three stories high.
E.
Plumbing facilities.
(1)
Buildings and portions thereof shall be provided with
plumbing systems designed to dispose of the sewage from all fixtures
and to furnish cold water to every water closet and urinal and hot
water, not less than 120° F. and not more than 150° F., and
cold water to every sink, lavatory, bathtub and shower required therein.
(4)
Where multiple dwellings contain sleeping accommodations
arranged as a dormitory, for each multiple of 15 persons or fraction
thereof so accommodated, there shall be provided, and located adjacent
thereto, plumbing fixtures consisting of at least:
(5)
Urinals may be substituted in men's toilet rooms for
not more than 1/3 of the required number of water closets.
(6)
Privies and outhouses shall be prohibited on all types
of premises.
F.
Plumbing fixtures.
(1)
Plumbing fixtures shall be made of smooth nonabsorbent
material and shall be free from concealed fouling surfaces.
(2)
Plumbing fixtures shall be so spaced as to be reasonably
accessible for their intended use.
(3)
Plumbing fixtures shall be located in spaces that
are accessible, lighted and ventilated.
G.
Water supply tanks.
(1)
Water supply tanks shall be installed and maintained
so as to be watertight, verminproof, rodentproof, resistant to corrosion,
and capable of withstanding the working pressures under normal operation.
(2)
Supports for tanks shall be of noncombustible construction.
(3)
Tanks and their supports shall not be used to support
equipment or structures other than for tank use, except where specifically
designed for such other use.
(4)
Means for emptying water supply tanks shall be provided
and maintained in proper working condition.
(5)
Potable water supply tanks for domestic supply and
standpipe or automatic sprinkler systems shall be installed and maintained
to furnish water in sufficient quantity and pressure for such systems.
A.
Space heaters. Portable kerosene and portable liquid-fuel-burning
space heaters are hereby prohibited.
B.
Minimum standards.
(1)
Residential buildings intended for occupancy between
the 15th day of September and the 15th day of May of the following
year shall be provided with heating equipment designed to maintain
an average temperature of not less than 68° F. when measured three
feet away from an outside wall at a height of five feet above the
floor when the outside temperature is 0 F.
(2)
Upon request of the Code Enforcement Officer, the
owner, occupant or operator shall provide certification by a heating
engineer that the design of the heating equipment meets the requirements
hereof.
C.
Control. Fuel-burning heat-producing equipment shall
be installed and maintained so that the emission or discharge into
the atmosphere of smoke, dust, particles, odors, or other products
of combustion will not create a nuisance or be detrimental to the
health, comfort, safety or property of any person.
D.
Warm-air heating. Ducts and other air-handling equipment
used for heating shall meet generally accepted heating and ventilation
standards.
E.
Prohibited locations for heating equipment. Fuel-burning
water heaters shall not be located in sleeping rooms, bathrooms or
toilet rooms.
F.
Fuel supply connection. Fuel-burning equipment shall
be permanently fastened and connected in place. Fuel supply connection
to such equipment shall be made with pipe or tubing of metal.
G.
Installation and clearance. Where heat-producing equipment
is installed on or adjacent to combustible materials, the location,
insulation, clearance and control of the equipment shall be such that
the temperature on the surface of the combustible materials will not
exceed a temperature of 175° F.
H.
Chimneys, flues and gas vents.
(1)
Chimneys, flues, gas vents and their supports shall
be installed and maintained so as to be structurally safe, durable,
smoketight, noncombustible and capable of withstanding the action
of flue gases without softening, cracking, corroding, or spalling
and shall effectively convey the products of combustion to the outer
air in accordance with generally accepted standards.
(2)
Chimneys, flues and gas vents shall be installed and
maintained so that, under conditions of use, the temperature of any
combustible material adjacent thereto, insulated therefrom or in contact
therewith does not exceed a temperature of 175° F.
(3)
All liquid-fuel-burning heat-producing equipment shall
be connected to a flue or vent installed in accordance with generally
accepted standards.
(4)
Solid-fuel heating appliances and fireplaces, where
required by the Code Enforcement Officer, shall be inspected by a
certified third party to assure safe operation. Documentation of certification
shall be provided upon request of the Code Enforcement Officer.
A.
Minimum standards. Every dwelling, dwelling unit,
rooming house and rooming unit shall be provided with electrical service.
Electrical wiring and equipment shall be installed, located and maintained
so as not to be a potential source of ignition of combustible material
nor a potential source of electrical hazard and shall comply with
the minimum standards of the National Electrical Code, latest edition.
B.
Artificial lighting.
(1)
Residential buildings and occupancies shall be wired
for electricity, and lighting equipment shall be installed throughout
to provide adequate illumination for the intended use of each space.
Electric wiring systems shall be connected to an adequate source of
supply.
(2)
There shall be a switch or other means for controlling
a light in each dwelling unit near the point of entrance to such unit.
A.
Minimum standards.
(1)
Each dwelling unit shall be equipped with appropriate
cooking equipment that shall be maintained in good operating condition.
(2)
Gas-burning cooking equipment shall be permanently
fastened and connected in place. Gas supply connection to such equipment
shall be made with pipe or tubing of metal.
B.
Communal cooking and dining facilities. Communal kitchens
and dining rooms shall comply with the following requirements:
(1)
Communal kitchens shall contain at least one kitchen
gas or electric stove, equipped with an oven and not less than four
top burners, and at least one electric- or gas-type refrigerator with
adequate food-storage capacity, but in no case less than eight cubic
feet nominal size. Dining space and eating facilities, where provided
in the kitchen area, shall comply with the requirements for communal
dining rooms.
(2)
Communal dining rooms shall contain at least one dining
chair and two lineal feet of dining space for each occupant permitted
in a dining room at any particular time.
A.
Natural light and habitable rooms. Every habitable
room shall have at least one window or skylight facing directly to
the outdoors.
B.
Light in nonhabitable space. Every stair, hall, cellar
and basement located in a structure used for human habitation shall
have adequate electric lighting available at all times.
C.
Light in nonhabitable workspace. Every laundry, furnace
room and all similar nonhabitable work space located in a structure
used for human habitation shall have adequate electric lighting available
at all times.
D.
Light in common halls and stairways. Every common
hall and common stairway located in a structure used for human habitation
and which is used primarily for ingress and egress in connection with
two or more dwelling units or rooming units shall be supplied with
a proper amount of natural light or lighting facilities controllable
by the occupants of the structure, which shall be available at all
times.
E.
Electric outlets. Every habitable room shall have
electric outlets and/or fixtures properly connected to a source of
electric power. Outlets in kitchens, bathrooms and laundry rooms shall
be G.F.C.I.-protected, as required in accordance with the National
Electrical Code.
F.
Electric fixtures in bathrooms. Every bathroom, shower
room, toilet room or compartment located in a structure used for human
habitation shall have permanently installed artificial electric lighting
fixtures.
G.
Ventilation in habitable rooms. Every habitable room
shall be ventilated by either openable area equal to 45% of the required
window area or by equivalent mechanical ventilation.
H.
Ventilation in bathrooms.
(1)
Every bathroom, shower room, toilet room or compartment
located in a structure used for human habitation shall be adequately
ventilated.
(2)
Rules and regulations. Bathrooms, shower rooms, toilet
rooms or compartments shall have ventilation either by openable areas,
the total of which shall not be less than 1 1/2 square feet facing
open space, or by other methods which shall give equivalent ventilation.
